Bible Verses About Integrity

Integrity is about being honest and having strong moral principles, even when it’s tough. The Bible provides wisdom on living with integrity and staying true to our values. In this blog post, we’ll dive into Bible verses that highlight the importance of integrity and how it can guide us in our daily lives. These verses will show us how to be honest, trustworthy, and upright, helping us to build strong character and make wise choices.

Bible Verses About Integrity

Proverbs 10:9 – “Whoever walks in integrity walks securely, but whoever takes crooked paths will be found out.”

Proverbs 11:3 – “The integrity of the upright guides them, but the unfaithful are destroyed by their duplicity.”

Proverbs 12:22 – “The Lord detests lying lips, but he delights in people who are trustworthy.”

Proverbs 19:1 – “Better the poor whose walk is blameless than a fool whose lips are perverse.”

Proverbs 20:7 – “The righteous lead blameless lives; blessed are their children after them.”

Proverbs 28:6 – “Better the poor whose walk is blameless than the rich whose ways are perverse.”

Proverbs 29:10 – “The bloodthirsty hate a person of integrity and seek to kill the upright.”

Psalm 15:2 – “The one whose walk is blameless, who does what is righteous, who speaks the truth from their heart;”

Psalm 25:21 – “May integrity and uprightness protect me, because my hope, Lord, is in you.”

Psalm 41:12 – “Because of my integrity you uphold me and set me in your presence forever.”

Job 2:3 – “Then the Lord said to Satan, ‘Have you considered my servant Job? There is no one on earth like him; he is blameless and upright, a man who fears God and shuns evil.’”

Job 31:6 – “Let God weigh me in honest scales and he will know that I am blameless.”

Daniel 6:4 – “At this, the administrators and satraps tried to find grounds for charges against Daniel in his conduct of government affairs, but they were unable to do so. They could find no corruption in him, because he was trustworthy and neither corrupt nor negligent.”

Genesis 20:5 – “Did he not say to me, ‘She is my sister’? And didn’t she also say, ‘He is my brother’? I have done this with a clear conscience and clean hands.”

Genesis 39:9 – “No one is greater in this house than I am. My master has withheld nothing from me except you, because you are his wife. How then could I do such a wicked thing and sin against God?”

Exodus 18:21 – “But select capable men from all the people—men who fear God, trustworthy men who hate dishonest gain—and appoint them as officials over thousands, hundreds, fifties, and tens.”

1 Samuel 12:3 – “Here I stand. Testify against me in the presence of the Lord and his anointed. Whose ox have I taken? Whose donkey have I taken? Whom have I cheated? Whom have I oppressed? From whose hand have I accepted a bribe to make me shut my eyes? If I have done any of these things, I will make it right.”

2 Samuel 22:24 – “I have been blameless before him and have kept myself from sin.”

1 Kings 9:4 – “As for you, if you walk before me faithfully with integrity of heart and uprightness, as David your father did, and do all I command and observe my decrees and laws,”

1 Chronicles 29:17 – “I know, my God, that you test the heart and are pleased with integrity. All these things I have given willingly and with honest intent I have seen your people who are here have given to you joyfully.”

2 Chronicles 19:9 – “He gave them these orders: ‘You must serve faithfully and wholeheartedly in the fear of the Lord.’”

Nehemiah 7:2 – “I put in charge of Jerusalem my brother Hanani, along with Hananiah the commander of the citadel, because he was a man of integrity and feared God more than most people do.”

Proverbs 13:6 – “Righteousness guards the person of integrity, but wickedness overthrows the sinner.”

Proverbs 14:2 – “Whoever fears the Lord walks uprightly, but those who despise him are devious in their ways.”

Isaiah 33:15 – “Those who walk righteously and speak what is right, who reject gain from extortion and keep their hands from accepting bribes, who stop their ears against plots of murder and shut their eyes against contemplating evil—”

Isaiah 38:3 – “Remember, Lord, how I have walked before you faithfully and with wholehearted devotion and have done what is good in your eyes.” And Hezekiah wept bitterly.

Jeremiah 17:10 – “I the Lord search the heart and examine the mind, to reward each person according to their conduct, according to what their deeds deserve.”

Ezekiel 18:5 – “Suppose there is a righteous man who does what is just and right.”

Micah 6:8 – “He has shown you, O mortal, what is good. And what does the Lord require of you? To act justly and to love mercy and to walk humbly with your God.”

Matthew 5:8 – “Blessed are the pure in heart, for they will see God.”

Matthew 23:27 – “Woe to you, teachers of the law and Pharisees, you hypocrites! You are like whitewashed tombs, which look beautiful on the outside but on the inside are full of the bones of the dead and everything unclean.”

Luke 8:15 – “But the seed on good soil stands for those with a noble and good heart, who hear the word, retain it, and by persevering produce a crop.”

John 14:30 – “I will not say much more to you, for the prince of this world is coming. He has no hold over me,”

Acts 24:16 – “So I strive always to keep my conscience clear before God and man.”

Romans 2:7 – “To those who by persistence in doing good seek glory, honor and immortality, he will give eternal life.”

1 Corinthians 4:4 – “My conscience is clear, but that does not make me innocent. It is the Lord who judges me.”

2 Corinthians 1:12 – “Now this is our boast: Our conscience testifies that we have conducted ourselves in the world, and especially in our relations with you, with integrity and godly sincerity. We have done so, relying not on worldly wisdom but on God’s grace.”

Philippians 1:10 – “So that you may be able to discern what is best and may be pure and blameless for the day of Christ,”

Colossians 3:9 – “Do not lie to each other, since you have taken off your old self with its practices”

1 Thessalonians 2:10 – “You are witnesses, and so is God, of how holy, righteous and blameless we were among you who believed.”

1 Timothy 3:2 – “Now the overseer is to be above reproach, faithful to his wife, temperate, self-controlled, respectable, hospitable, able to teach,”

1 Timothy 3:10 – “They must first be tested; and then if there is nothing against them, let them serve as deacons.”

1 Timothy 6:11 – “But you, man of God, flee from all this, and pursue righteousness, godliness, faith, love, endurance and gentleness.”

2 Timothy 2:22 – “Flee the evil desires of youth and pursue righteousness, faith, love and peace, along with those who call on the Lord out of a pure heart.”

Titus 1:7 – “Since an overseer manages God’s household, he must be blameless—not overbearing, not quick-tempered, not given to drunkenness, not violent, not pursuing dishonest gain.”

Titus 1:8 – “Rather, he must be hospitable, one who loves what is good, who is self-controlled, upright, holy and disciplined.”

James 3:17 – “But the wisdom that comes from heaven is first of all pure; then peace-loving, considerate, submissive, full of mercy and good fruit, impartial and sincere.”

1 Peter 3:16 – “Keeping a clear conscience, so that those who speak maliciously against your good behavior in Christ may be ashamed of their slander.”

1 John 3:18 – “Dear children, let us not love with words or speech but with actions and in truth.”

Revelation 14:5 – “No lie was found in their mouths; they are blameless.”

These verses highlight the importance of integrity in leading a righteous life and emphasize the need for honesty, trustworthiness, and moral uprightness.

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